Betwixt
prep
prep ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 in the interval wordnet
Preposition
- 1 Between. archaic, literary
"There was some speech of marriage / Betwixt myself and her."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"Men of broader intellect know that there is no sharp distinction betwixt the real and the unreal."
Etymology
From Middle English bitwixe, from Old English betweox, from Proto-Germanic *twiskaz (“twofold, double”), from Proto-Indo-European *dwís (“twice, doubly; in two”). By surface analysis, be- (“by, near, around”) + twixt (“between”). Compare Saterland Frisian twiske (“between”), Dutch tussen, German zwischen.